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On the recordApril 28, 2022
So I would ask Mr. Dodaro, as you are talking about concerns about political interference, when we have that well-documented example of guidance from scientists getting ready to come out on opening up schools and then a union that wants to have an ability to make it easier to shut schools down says, wait, we would like you to make these changes and those changes are made verbatim, have you seen examples like that in other cases and would you consider that specific example political interference in the science?
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Scalise questions the CDC's political interference in school guidance changes.

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